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Investing During Challenging Markets
Last year we observed that a host of commodity markets were rallying (see our post on cotton markets). At the time, commentators weren’t predicting the rapid world changes that the last six months have delivered. Globally, inflation is in the high single digits, commodity prices have soared, bond markets crashed, equities have dramatically corrected, and…
Accessing Alternative Assets
Although there is an abundance of press about bonds, equities and property, it’s much harder to find commentary about less readily accessible financial instruments. The ABC reported recently that cotton prices have reached decade-highs and provided some views as to why (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-09/cotton-prices-soar-for-australian-growers/100520118). What’s far more interesting to us at ECCM is that cotton is one…
Losing Money With a Winning System
Imagine you were given $25 in cash and a coin that was 60% likely to land on heads every time. You get to take home whatever money you can make up to $250 by betting on the outcome of as many coin tosses as you want in 30 minutes, and using any bet sizes you want,…
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